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 Released: July 16th, 2013Format: Digital Download, Stream, CDRecorded: 2013Genre: Electronic Rock, Alternative RockLength: 5:35Label: Titanic RecordsWriters: Pixie Love, Steven LillywhiteProducers: Steven LillywhiteBackgroundFollowing the success of her last single Illusion, Pixie took to her official website to release the next track from her album. REIGN marks the 4th single from the Finnish singer and was recorded earlier this year. After three singles, released in the U.S., she has quickly allowed herself to become known with her elusive style and sensational tunes and has gained a larger fan base of fairies. She took to twitter and her personal blog to announce a new single from the album, giving it a different sound than the rest. Pixie teamed up with Steven Lillywhite who has also written singles for the likes of Peter Gabriel, U2, and The Killers. The two would create this track and he would also help compose it. The single was finished in a month, gathering aid from different musicians in order to create the varied sound of the track.
After finishing up her tour with Teen Titans and preparing for another tour with idol Vanity, Pixie decided to finish up her album in hopes of using the tour to also promote it. Creating quite a buzz with her music and fashion choices, Pixie has hopes of becoming one of the breakout stars of the year. Her music as well is on the verge of being very creative and different than the regular artists in the industry today. She cites this as one of her main influences for her album. REIGN infuses several different instruments including Taiko drums, piano, violins, guitars, and drums. The lyrics suggest Pixie's time has come to reign or to accept her position on a throne as a blood right of hers. The unusually cocky lyrics also give way that Pixie's confidence shines through the single.
"It's really a very confident record. There's no shame in it at all. It's one of the songs on the album I like to call 'home' because it really reminds me of home. I incorporated my Finnish language into it. I know a lot of people have wanted to hear me speak it so now they get a chance to. There's really no limitations to this single. The single cover art, it has purple because that is a color significant of royalty. I always encourage listeners to paint whatever picture they want and my videos do the same for me. It's very loose, in a sense that you hear the sound of pain being washed away and light shining on your face. It's beautiful to me. It's about opening your eyes and realizing what is yours all along."
She goes on to illuminate the various instruments included in the record. "I wanted something that sound victorious and grand. Something fit for royalty. The whole song is just really dramatic in that you can almost picture a queen on her throne, speaking to her subjects."Song Description A complete turn around from her last single which was House influenced, we're not introduced to Pixie's Rock side. REIGN is 5 minutes and 35 seconds in length and mixes electronic and alternative rock together for a unique sound. Starting off with the lone sound of a piano key, it goes into a simple piano chord pattern which starts in a high note then goes low, repeating this process until the soft voice of Pixie is heard speaking in Finnish and then an echo not too far behind to speak in english, translating. As she continues to speak, we are introduced to the Taiko drums, pounding in the background after each piano chord, rah pa pum, rah pa pum but quickly together as if in a 1,2 1,2 count. It grows into a great climax and then ending after she speaks the last 'alive'. Swirling into the mixture now is a synthesizer followed by an electric guitar, playing a catchy riff and then gets infused with the drums, a throbbing synth completing the sound. The sound of chanting can be heard with the 'Oh oh oh oh oh, Whoah' with her own voice. She goes into the first verse, her voice confident and clear with a raspiness to it to collide with her normal soft spoken voice. Her accent is still heard through her singing but does not hinder her at all, adding to it one might argue. The same piano chords from the beginning come back into play once she sings the line 'I've put up with much too much of your shit/It won't die, die', going back to the insane guitar riff and drums again, along with the synth for the electronic feel.
The chanting comes back only to be stopped while going to the next verse, her strong Finnish accent being heard again. This time there is a fierceness in her voice, determined more than ever to receive the 'crown' she is after, singing 'Had the crown in my eye, stitched to my chest/It is the only thing that beats when I'm at rest/You won't know how I feel' Pixie feels more than ever she deserves it and won't let someone step on her toes to get it. She feels it is almost too late so it's either now or never for her to act on her position. Again, the piano chords come back into play as she goes into the chorus. The infectious beat stands out not only because of Pixie's incredible vocals but because of it's strong nature. It screams power and loudness as well as rock and anguish. The bridge causes everything to slow down once again, only the piano and Taiko drums and vigorous violins now being heard with her soft vocals, both in English and Finnish languages. 'We are fools of a lie/Carry until we die' refers to her notion that every day people are being lied to and it hinders them from going after what they really want in life, carrying it and believing it until they die but she wants to break free from this curse. After the bridge there is a few seconds of silence, the stillness causing such a panic yet euphoric moment of unexpectedness until it is broken with Pixie's raspy, loud voice. She sounds as if she is a warrior about to go to war while bellowing, 'But through it all/Through it all/But through it all/Through it all/My feelings never changed!', a thunderous growl being heard afterwards.
As she finishes up with the chorus, she continues to scream with such determination it forces you to just head bang along with the song. It comes together in the end as she sings with a feeling of accomplishment proud and loud in her voice. You can imagine her putting her fist in the air as she sings and marching around, leading an army of people. Once the beat calms down again, Pixie's voice goes back to the soft spoken one we're used to, her vocals still raspy but audible with the chanting in the background. The synth appears again, sounding as if it were quickly wrapping everything up and the song fades out.Music VideoThe video will premiere on the 23rd of July on Pixie's official VEVO account. It will be directed by Emma Ludbrook and Jett Stieger as well as Pixie herself. It is rumored to have a royal/futuristic theme to it in which Pixie shows through the single cover art. Not much else is known about the video except that it will be a mini movie, lasting about 8 minutes long and will be shot in Los Angeles, California.
[Lyrics][Spoken]
Me kaikki elämme ja oppia elämään
(We all live and learn to live)
Me kaikki rakastamme ja oppia rakastamaan
(We all love and learn to love)
Me kaikki elämme ja rakkautta, mutta usein sekoittavat rakastava elää
(We all live and love but often confuse loving for living)
I am alive
I am alive
I am, alive
Oh oh oh oh oh, Whoah
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh, Whoah
Oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 1]
I don't know where I've been, hanging to life
Stuck on the promises you left me in your eyes
Won't be let down again
You don't know where we end, a never ending rope
Filled with a lifetime of our downsides
I can't cope
Is the end coming close?
I've put up with much too much of your shit
It won't die, die
[Chorus]
I've never looked at life the same
I've never learned to love again
A prophecy has come to life
My reign, My reign
My reign
Whoa, oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa, oh oh oh oh oh
[Verse 2]
Had the crown in my eye, stitched to my chest
It is the only thing that beats when I'm at rest
You won't know how I feel
I won't fuck with your kind
I gave it a chance
If I can't have everything I've worked so hard to get
Is the end, is the end, is the end
coming close?
I've put up much too much of your shit
It won't die, die, die
[Chorus]
I've never looked at life the same
I've never learned to love again
A prophecy has come to life
My reign, My reign
My reign
I've never looked at life the same (Whooa)
I've never learned to love again (Whooa)
A prophecy has come to life (Whooa)
My reign, My reign
My reign (Whooa)
Whoa, oh oh oh oh oh
Whoa, oh oh oh oh oh
[Bridge]
We are fools of a lie
(Me kaikki elämme ja oppia elämään)
Carry until we die
We are fools of a lie
(Me kaikki rakastamme ja oppia rakastamaan)
Carry until we die
We are fools of a lie
(Me kaikki elämme ja rakkautta, mutta usein sekoittavat rakastava elää)
We'll carry until we die
Carry until (Carry until..)
But through it all
Through it all
But through it all
Through it all
My feelings never changed!
[Chorus]
I've never looked at life the same (Never changed!)
I've never learned to love again (Never changed!)
A prophecy has come to life (Never changed!)
My reign, My reign
My reign
I'll reign (x8)
I've put up with much too much of your shit (Whooa)
It won't die, die, die (Whooa) (x2)
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